Improved mosquito-net frame



'after morefuliy described. t

Eignrel isa side elevation of 'a bedstead providedwith. one ,of rn'y mosquito-net frames, showing the 1nan-v init-1lion @non n. W. ARMSTRONG. OFEVANA'S'VILLE, INDIANA'. vLam Bamm. secte-aand Fwnwy.16,' 18695 mnovnn Masonic-NET' The Schedule xda-:ed to in thcseLetteu Patent and i Toqllwhmnitmrr'yeomorn: l,

Be it known that I', U. W. ARMSTRONG, of Evans,

ville, in vthe count-y of Vanderhurg, endV Stateof Insame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,'forniing port of this specification. A A 'lhis invention relates te an improvement in constructing flames for snpportin mosquito-nets; and

It consists in the method ot uniting thehorizontal rods to the upxghts'of timeframe, as will he hereinner .of attaching thel saine to the hedstead.

Figure 2 represents a sectional top view of the heme.

l Figure Bisasectional view of one ofthe angles formed hy one .o the horizontal' rods andv oneof thev upright-s of-the frame.

, Shnil'nrdetters of reference i'nd':cate"corresponding parts. f

A represents a bedstesd, .of the kind known as French -bed'steads v B represents four nprights, (onwt each eorneroi the beds'temh) which are att-ached tothe bedstead by shrink-rings a, which x be screwed or driven in in sni'eient number to --snitabiy support them in' an uprightposition,

TheV upper ends ofthe-se posts are secured' by fen t Y raies c, and they :rresqnare at their top ends, with twov holes in each, i'or admitting the hooks on the horizontei rods C. l

'ihese horizontal rods ere strengthened at their ends hy ierruies c, and the ends are 4provided with hooks d,"

which may he either screwed or driven intoA the ends of the rods, as seen in thedrawing, and they are then heat downet right .angles with the rods, 'so that the ends thus bent down' will readilyfenterthehoies in-tlie Y tons of the uprights, as seen in nnd.

"By thus attaching the rods,it'will be seen that they venient and inreble.

F represents the netting, to which .two sets of rings are attached, for` securing it to and adjusting it on the traine.' Any' number of these rings may be employed which may be considered necessar t may he readily detached, and the frame rendered conv therings,a.nd thenthe rods are hookedon to the posts- B, as seen in the 'drwing.

The other set of 'ngs is upon the 4outside of the net, and attached thereto, sotha't the sides of the net nliay be reversed when it maybe .desired to change tieni." 't

Upon the left hand ofthe drawings already described,

.amodieation of the'mosquito-net frame is represented, where shank-rings gare'attachedto the rods O, as seen in -Figlne'4, which rings are'piaced .over the endsof the '.nprghts', as 'seen iii-Figure' 5, where they' are fastcned byjornainentaltopsf.: i

' By lthis method the frame islattached. tothe' hedstead by screw-hooks, as seent h,.F-igme 6 Figures end represent-:another modiiioation Aor method-'of connecting the rails of the framewith `the up `ghts,' and lalso a section of an'.additiona1 rail for-snpporting thenetting overhead'.

. In this modification theeornersare secured hy me'- tall'ic tubular sections J, one of which is-shown broken away: These sections ere made of three short tubes,

(two for the rails and one for the upright.) The three parts are soldered together, forming double triangles,

which receive the ends Vof the rails'and the nprights.

The e1how-sections` may, b e cast in one piece, and provided' internally with short flanges, arranged and inclined in opposite directions in Vthe opposite endsof the b'edstead. The side-rails are provided with T- .shaped pins adapted to engage with the danges, thereby firiniy fastening themtogether.` This modification is 'illustrated in Figure 10. A K isa rod, which passes from one reii to the other,

-for staying the rails and supporting the 'nett-ing.' im

stead ofthe hooks in the ends of the rod K passing through the Aend-rails, they may be made to fit over theni, as shown in Figure 9, thereby avoiding the ne' 'cessity of'wedkening seid rails by boring holes through them. A

ciaim as new, `end' desire to securev by-Letters" Patent- The mosquito-net frame, consisting of. the uprights B, horizontal rods 0, perforated ferrules e, end hookd,

or their hereindescribed equivalents,-a.l1 constructed and arranged as described, for the purpose specified.

" U. W. ARMSTRONG.

i -Witnessesi LAWRENCE PEAK, f, J. B. Gasen. 

